Comparison of lidar water vapor measurements using Raman scatter at 266 nm and 532 nm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2833, Issue , 1996, Pages 231-240

  Balsiger, Franz ^a   Philbrick, C Russell ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated operational lidar; Daytime measurements; Ozone; Raman scatter; Troposphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; POTENTIOMETRIC SENSORS; RAMAN SCATTERING; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MEASUREMENTS OF; OZONE PROFILES; RAMAN BACKSCATTERS; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH; WATER VAPOR MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR PROFILE;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0343534939     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.258160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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